k wrote:
] Jello wrote:
] ] Thats because it is not possible for people of a variety of
] ] races, skin colors, ethnicities and sexual preference to
] ] converse in an open manner unless the spirit of liberalism
] ] dominates. Conservative thought is not tolerant of such a
] ] varied group of people. In fact, the reason that colleges
] ] have been moving farther to the left, is that they have
] become
] ] so diverse. Exposure to diversity kills conservatism by
] ] dispelling the prejudices, stereotypes and myths that
] ] contemporary conservatism is founded on.
]
] [ Wasn't it just the other day i read a quote on memestreams
] that essentially defined liberalism as the desire to think
] about issues, confront alternatives, and reason out a
] position, completely independent of political party or
] ideology? In this context, what you say makes a lot of
] sense... liberalism isn't leftist, it's the practice of
] thinking critically. So of course campuses are liberal...
] it's their nature. The problem is this conflation of
] "liberal" with "radical leftist" (i.e. socialism.) -k]

I agree completely. And yes, it was so posted. And yes, I thought of it as I spieled.

RE: Academia, Stuck To the Left